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[pct-l] RE: Not stupid people but smart bears
- Subject: [pct-l] RE: Not stupid people but smart bears
- From: reynolds@iLAN.com (Reynolds, WT)
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:54:36 -0700
John-
That you are not in your right mind has been well established on multiple
lists. [I resemble this remark also]. I presume that you actually hung your
food before dark, then just let the bags down to get what you wanted for
dinner, then rehung the remainder. [If you left the bags on the ground in
the dark you did risk losing food to a bear as Joanne described]. Even so
how do you deal with tangled bags in the dark?
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: John Mertes [mailto:jmertes@gte.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 5:41 PM
To: Reynolds, WT; Tpct-mailing list
Subject: Re: [pct-l] RE: Not stupid people but smart bears
Tom,
2-Always cook and eat before dark. This is standard in the Sierra. The
Sierra requires a cooking cerfew and has been that way since hanging food
was the food protection method. [Try hanging food in the dark] Nobody in
their right mind EVER opens a food locker, bear box, canister or trys to
hang food at night.
Guess I and my companions not been in our "right mind" since I/we have often
cooked and eaten after dark. Various reasons for doing so including late
return to camp and early darkness in late season. Hanging food after dark is
easy provided one sets up the rope before dark and preferably before leaving
camp or food unattended the first time. With the rope already set up,
hanging food after dark is almost a no-brainer.
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